[Day Service] Spring Take-Home Crafts: Ideas to Warmly Brighten Your Room

Hanging decorations for Children’s Day

[Simple ✨ All from the 100-yen shop] Children's Day hanging decorations 🎏 [Tango no Sekku] Carp streamers, samurai doll, kashiwa mochi, and iris flowers ✨ assorted set!

This is a hanging decoration for Children’s Day made with items from a 100-yen shop.

We’ll make four kinds of ornaments, and I’ll explain them in order.

First is the carp streamer.

Cut a felt rectangle, snip the tail into a V shape, then attach felt scales and an eye—done.

Next is the kashiwa-mochi.

Just stick a white pom-pom and a leaf-shaped piece of felt together with double-sided tape.

For the iris flower, thread four small pom-poms onto a string and add another pom-pom in the center to finish.

For the May doll, thread two pom-poms and an origami samurai helmet onto a string, attach an origami armor piece, and add decorative stickers for the face to complete it.

The prep and steps are easy, and they look adorable, so they’re fun to make.

Wisteria flowers made with origami

[Origami Spring Flowers] How to Fold a Wisteria Flower | Origami Wisteria

Here’s an idea for wisteria flowers that will instantly brighten up a room when hung from walls or the ceiling.

Prepare origami paper in purple, light purple, yellow-green, and green, then fold the flowers and leaves.

Make the flowers using origami cut in half.

Fold the paper in half lengthwise, unfold it, and then fold both edges inward along the center crease.

Some of the steps are a bit detailed, but using your hands skillfully can help prevent cognitive decline.

The more wisteria flowers you make, the fuller and more beautiful the result will be, so please have the seniors divide the work and create them together.

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Making a calendar with origami

Day Service Fukaya: Magokoro no Koubouan – April Calendar Production

As April arrives, there are more and more days when we can feel the warmth, aren’t there? Let’s make a calendar decorated with spring flowers and insects out of origami.

You can create the origami pieces while sitting and chatting with others.

Making spring-themed origami might spark lively conversations about past springtime memories.

Origami also uses your fingers a lot, and using your fingers is said to stimulate and activate the brain.

It would be nice to think together with older adults about things that evoke spring and then make them with origami.

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Pressed Flower Calendar

A simple way to make a pressed flower calendar! Great as a gift, too!!

How about using pressed flowers for an April calendar? Some older adults may have fond memories of making and enjoying pressed flowers.

All you need are a calendar backing sheet and pressed flowers.

Use small and large blooms, and even stems together.

Traditionally, pressed flowers are made by placing them between heavy books, but you can also try quick methods using a microwave or an iron.

Once you’ve arranged the flowers in any design you like, place a cover film over the pressed flowers.

Creating a pressed-flower calendar with blossoms you find on a walk in the warm April weather would make a lovely memory.

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Wisteria swaying

[Spring Origami] Hanging Decoration: How to Make Wisteria Flowers [Origami]

How about a hanging wisteria decoration with a realistic, three-dimensional look? Prepare purple, light purple, and yellow-green origami paper, bamboo skewers, and string.

The flowers are made from quarter-size origami sheets, so please cut them in advance.

Fold the colored side in half, then fold in half two more times.

Draw petal shapes with a pencil and cut them out.

Use a bamboo skewer to curl the tips of the petals into a gentle curve.

Make a small stick-shaped piece and attach it to the petals to complete each flower.

Then, adhere the flowers onto a long, narrow strip of yellow-green origami to build up a three-dimensional floral cluster.

Attach a string and hang it by the window—watch it sway softly in the breeze.

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Spring hanging ornaments

[Easy] How to Make Wisteria Flowers [Construction Paper & Origami] Spring Hanging Decoration

Speaking of spring, many flowers are in bloom, aren’t they? Among them, wisteria is especially notable for its purple color, and many people can’t help but be captivated by its beauty.

This time, let’s make a spring hanging ornament inspired by wisteria.

First, cut purple construction paper into thin strips.

Glue them together with craft glue to connect them.

The finished piece recreates the distinctive cascading look of wisteria, making it feel almost like the real thing.

Just hanging it by your window will instantly fill your room with a springtime atmosphere.

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peach blossoms

[Origami] Peach Flower 3D Folding Method - Origami Peach Flower Tutorial (NiceNo1)

Peach blossoms, which bloom as spring grows warmer, are known to share many similarities with cherry blossoms, such as their small pink flowers.

Let’s create peach blossoms that capture that beauty and warmth by making a three-dimensional version with origami.

First, cut the origami paper into a pentagon.

Using the creases—which also serve as guides—fold it into a shape with five pointed directions.

From there, shape each tip into a petal, and you’re done.

It’s a design where precise small refolds are key.

The reverse side of the paper also becomes part of the design, so the impression will change depending on the color you choose.

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